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978.Advanced search and replace -- How to reverse order of sentence clauses and words delimited by specified chars?

User: Aaron -- 2012-07-23          << 977  979 >>
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Description:
How to reverse order of sentence clauses and words delimited by commas, semicolons, and colons. 
Commas, semicolons, and colons are deleted.  
Input Sample:
w1 w2 w3 w4, w5 w6 w7. line1 
w1 w2 w3; w4 w5 w6 w7. line2 
w1 w2 w3 w4 w5, w6 w7. line3 
w1 w2 w3 w4: w5 w6 w7. line4 
etc.
Output Sample:
w5 w6 w7 w1 w2 w3 w4. line1 
w4 w5 w6 w7 w1 w2 w3. line2 
w6 w7 w1 w2 w3 w4 w5. line3 
w5 w6 w7 w1 w2 w3 w4. line4 
etc. 
 
Answer:
Hint: You need to Download and install "Replace Pioneer" on windows platform to finish following steps.
1. ctrl-o open text file 
2. ctrl-h open 'replace' dialogue 
* set 'replace unit' to 'Line' 
* set 'replace with pattern' to: 
 
3. click 'replace', done. 
4. ctrl-s save to disk.

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